Reactivity control and load cycling of CANDU system

Author

Ahmed, Fayyaz ; Lu, Lixuan ; Naterer, Greg

Author_Institution

Fac. of Energy Syst. & Nucl. Sci., Univ. of Ontario Inst. of Technol., Oshawa, ON, Canada

fYear

2010

fDate

2-5 May 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

Sudden load variations during off peak hours result in production of excessive steam. CANDU reactor has various standard remedial methods to rectify these variations e.g. flux peaking and Xenon override capabilities to overcome the problem of minimum loads above 50% of full power. In this research we have explored an innovative load balancing approach of hydrogen production cycle at later stages of turbine which utilizes the steam expanded during off peak load. Hydrogen production cycle can also be an integral part of CANDU reactor normal plant operation.

Keywords

fission reactors; hydrogen economy; steam turbines; xenon; CANDU reactor; Xenon override capabilities; flux peaking; hydrogen production cycle; load balancing approach; load cycling; normal plant operation; reactivity control; Control systems; Detectors; Electron tubes; Fuels; Inductors; Shape; Water; CANDU; Electrolytic Cycle; Hydrogen Production; Load Cycling; Reactivity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2010 23rd Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Calgary, AB

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5376-4

Electronic_ISBN

0840-7789

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2010.5575243

Filename

5575243